Hans Meyer (21 July 1925 – 3 April 2020) was a South African actor born to German parents. In Britain, he was known for his portrayal of Hauptmann Franz Ulmann in the television series Colditz (1972–1974).
Hans Meyer (21 July 1925 – 3 April 2020) was a South African actor born to German parents. In Britain, he was known for his portrayal of Hauptmann Franz Ulmann in the television series Colditz (1972–1974).
Meyer was born in Paulpietersburg, Natal Province, Union of South Africa in July 1925. He worked initially as a model where he posed for book covers until a friend in Germany working for an advertising agency lined up his first work as an actor, a television advert for Puschkin Vodka. The brand became Germany's best selling vodka and Meyer became known as "Frank S. Thorn" The Puschkin Man. He was hired by Anatole Litvak as an extra for his film The Night of the Generals.
In the 1960s, he played supporting roles in numerous French films alongside French cinema stars such as Lino Ventura, Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo. In 1966, he was engaged for La grande vadrouille, where he embodied an angry SS representative. In 1968 he played in the action thriller The Devil's Garden by Yves Boisset. In 1969, he took on the role of Sheriff Blade in the thriller Les Étrangers, shot in Spain. In 1970 he played in the Western Cannon for Cordoba, in the role of the Swedish major Svedborg, the leader of a private mercenary army. In 1975 he had a small role in Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of Barry Lyndon.
In the 1970s, Meyer also worked for television. He played a continuous series role in the British television series Colditz. In 1978, he appeared in the mini-series Holocaust (miniseries) - The History of the Weiss Family; in it, he played the SS official Ernst Kaltenbrunner. In the TV movie The Girlfriend from Childhood (L'amie d'enfance, 1981) from the Commissaire Moulin- series, he played the assassin, whom Yves Rénier and title heroine Claude Jade ultimately put to the test. He then appeared in other television series. He later appeared in Steven Spielberg and George Lucas's The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as well as the French cult movie Brotherhood of the Wolf.
Meyer died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France on 3 April 2020 at the age of 94.
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Filmography (Movies)
Albert est méchant
Character:James Lord Cooke
Release Date:14/01/2004
My New Partner III
Character:Van der Brook
Release Date:10/12/2003
The Dope
Character:Rudolf Maier
Release Date:05/02/2003
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Character:Marquis d'Apcher
Release Date:31/01/2001
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception
Character:German Officer #2
Release Date:31/10/1999
Double Team
Character:British Man
Release Date:04/04/1997
Concierto Evolución
Character:Serious Violinist
Release Date:20/04/1992
The Master Blackmailer
Character:Hebworth (Alias Veitch)
Release Date:02/02/1992
John
Character:John/Tarzan
Release Date:01/01/1992
Bunker Palace Hotel
Character:Le président
Release Date:06/06/1989
Roselyne and the Lions
Character:Rainer
Release Date:23/09/1988
Mauvais Sang
Character:Hans
Release Date:26/11/1986
Red Sonja
Character:Red Sonja's Father
Release Date:09/04/1985
Boy Meets Girl
Character:Cosmonaut
Release Date:21/11/1984
Tueur maison
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1984
Strangulation Blues
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1980
The Riddle of the Sands
Character:Grimm
Release Date:02/10/1979
The Bright Night
Character:Pluton
Release Date:29/10/1978
Barry Lyndon
Character:Prussian Officer
Release Date:18/12/1975
The Next Scream You Hear
Character:Karl Vorster
Release Date:06/07/1974
The Magnificent One
Character:Colonel Collins
Release Date:23/11/1973
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
Character:Helmut
Release Date:31/03/1973
Almayer's Folly
Character:Le capitaine Linguard
Release Date:20/08/1972
Eeeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe
Character:Jeroboam
Release Date:02/06/1972
Perched on a Tree
Character:Colonel Muller
Release Date:12/04/1971
Cannon for Cordoba
Character:Svedborg
Release Date:01/10/1970
The Strangers
Character:Blade
Release Date:11/06/1969
Erotic Trap
Character:Varen
Release Date:30/04/1969
Coplan Saves His Skin
Character:Hugo
Release Date:13/07/1968
The Crime of David Levinstein
Character:Schrank
Release Date:24/04/1968
Réseau secret
Character:Hermann Glöckel
Release Date:15/11/1967
The Last Adventure
Character:Mercenary
Release Date:12/04/1967
The Night of the Generals
Character:Wehrmacht Adjutant (uncredited)
Release Date:29/01/1967
Flesh and Fantasy
Character:Sorenson
Release Date:01/01/1967
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Character:Otto Weber
Release Date:08/12/1966
Culpable para un delito
Character:Martín Baumer
Release Date:17/08/1966
Little Girls
Character:Mike
Release Date:01/01/1966
Pierrot le Fou
Character:Gangster (uncredited)
Release Date:05/11/1965
Television Appearances
Die Rosenheim-Cops
Character:Prof. Meindl
Counterstrike
Character:Kurtz
The New Statesman
Character:Herr Wessel
Crossbow
Character:Tyroll
Sherlock Holmes
Character:Hebworth (Alias Veitch)
Inside the Third Reich
Character:Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Minder
Character:Maurice Bonnet
Minder
Character:Kurt Wengler
Holocaust
Character:
Holocaust
Character:Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Police Commissioner Moulin
Character:L'assassin au grenade
Quiller
Character:Major Hardtmann
Heidi
Character:Grandfather
Playhouse
Character:Janos Almasy
Thriller
Character:Karl Vorster
Colditz
Character:Hauptmann Franz Ulmann
Codename
Character:General Hovaths
Department S
Character:Lucky Le Beau
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Character:Hafner
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